Ferdinand moobe and george hastie



P. MOORE su G. HAsT1.-E. APPARATUS POR HANDLING STAMBOAT STAGES.

Patented Sept; 1,1868.

@eine taten @anni @fitta Leners Parent No. 81,667, avea september 1,1868,

IMPROVEMENT IN APIARATUS POR HANDLING STEAMBOATSTAGES.

Q itin tlnhnle referrer in' in tlgese Enters ndert mit mating getint tige time.

T0 AL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that we, FERDINAND MOORE and GnonGn-HAsTIE, of Florence, in the countyot Switzerland,

and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Handling Steahiloat# Stages; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description' thereof, which will enable'those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilcation. Y

This invention is an improvement on the apparatus for handling steamboat-stages invented by George Hastic, of Florence, Switzerland county, Indiana, and for which an application for patent was iiled on the 23d day ot March, 1868, and is intended for the same use, but differs materially from the said invention, in the substitution of n. rolling carrier-beam for the ordinary crane, to which the tackle and fallsare attached.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of thel apparatus.

Figure 2 is a sectional view ofthe beam and guides, .and shows the windlass.

Sitnilar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

i VA is the hurricane-deck ofthe boat, and the lower deck.

c c c are outriggers, bolted irmly to the hurricane-deck, te the projecting ends of which, on the under side, are rigidly attached the guides C C, said guides running athwart the boat. v

These guides are grooved, (see sec. iig. 2,) for the reception of the rolling carrier-beam D, and have rollers, g g, four in number, at the ends of the said guides, projecting above the surface of the grooves a suiiicient height to give a good rolling bearing to 'the beam D. v I

This beam has a T-shaped section, (see iig. 2,) and toit are attached the tackle and falls F F, and also the hoisting-wheel E, with the windlass H, guides n n, and hangerm.l The said beam is trussed by the straining- Pod d, as shown. 4 1 v In the guides C C andbecm D are the check-pins a a a a, which engage with each other in the manner shown, to prevent-the beam D from sliding too far out.

s s are rollers in 'the beam D, which project slightly above the surface of the beam, so as to bear on the interiorof the grooves in `the guides CC. These rollers are four in number, two at each end of the beam.

G is the stage, shown attached to the larboard fall.

S S are the spars of the boat.

- Operation,

When it is desired tolaunch the stage, it is hooked, as shown, to the proper fall bythe staples e e in the centre. The falls being attached to thebarrel of the windlass H, and the windlass being operated by means of the wheel E and hand-rope p, it will be seen that the stage may be`-l1oisted free from the deck by the said rope. A pressure being then exerted to launch the stage'causes the carrier-benin to roll in its guides toward that side of the beat until stopped by the Vcheck-pins a a, 85e.; the stage is then lowered. -Areverse operation hauls the stage inboard.

When desired, the stage may be hoisted out ofthe way b'y hooking both falls te the sta-ge by means of the staples le, die., and then hoisting on the rope p.

We vclaim as ourinvention- The rolling car`rier-beam D, provided with the rollers s s, `fall and tackle F, wheel E, windlaes H, handrope p,joi1rnal m, pins a a, and guides n n, or their equivalents, whenused in connection with the guides O C, in the manner substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth. l Y l FERDINAND MOORE,

GEORGE HASTIE.

Witnesses:

L. BLEDson, JOHN OREM. 

